Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
AN 9.29PTS AN 4.408Āghāta 11 min read

Grounds for Resentment

Āghātavatthusutta

Nine grounds for resentment.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.29Numbered Discourses 9.29
  • 0.23. Sattāvāsavagga3. Abodes of Sentient Beings

0.3ĀghātavatthusuttaGrounds for Resentment

1.1“Navayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni.“Mendicants, there are nine grounds for resentment.1.2Katamāni nava?What nine?1.3‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment.1.4‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ …1.5‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;‘They will do wrong to me’ …1.6‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…‘They did wrong to someone I love’ …1.7‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…‘They are doing wrong to someone I love’ …1.8‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;‘They will do wrong to someone I love’ …1.9‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…‘They helped someone I dislike’ …1.10‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …1.11‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati.Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.1.12Imāni kho, bhikkhave, nava āghātavatthūnī”ti.These are the nine grounds for resentment.”

1.13Navamaṁ.